You have to be shrewd and really check stuff out but where i live CL is phenomenal for grow stuff most of it used for one cycle only. i dont no if they get their first electric bill and freak out or they just do one cycle and say to themselves "this isnt for me!" but its mostly a buyers market right now in the bay area and you cant swing a dead cat around without hittin a new hydro store... deals abound. Obviously you need to show some restraint with certain items like meters but these days its buyer beware in any kind of purchase.